XANTHAN GUM


Meaning of XANTHAN GUM in English

/ ˈzænθæn gʌm; NAmE -θən/ noun

[ U ] ( technical ) a chemical substance that is put in food to make it thicker

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WORD ORIGIN

1960s: from the modern Latin name of the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris + -an .

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